When I saw this glass skull at Michaels, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it. I wanted to etch it!
I coated the outside of the skull with etchall® etching crème.
Skull coated with etchall® etching crème
Here is the skull after etching. It's now ready to paint. Etching gives the glass a "tooth", a rough surface that makes it easy to paint.
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At first, my thought was to paint it with some brown stain to make it look like a very old skull. I still like that idea. My second idea was to paint it as a sugar skull with bright, colorful motifs. That sounded more interesting.
To start, I painted it with white acrylic paint. The first coat I put on with brush strokes. Then, I went over it with a soft brush pouncing to cover the brush strokes.
Here's how it looked at this stage:
I added black paint in the eye sockets, nose and around the teeth. Then, I added acrylic stickers in bright colors and different shapes and sizes. It still needed more, so I added some paint dots in bright colors.
Add a few bright flowers like marigolds or zinnias for a bright and festive decoration.
Etched Glass Sugar Skull |
The acrylic paint I used to accent the skull is from DecoArt®
Now that is using your imagination!!!! Kudos
ReplyDeleteAlso,shows how to use etchall as a medium to make it possible to paint/ hold color to glass. Just talking to a lady in Australia about doing this for a glass tile back slash that she does not like the color.
Thanks for showing this technique.
Really cool Terry. I liked it at the etched/frosted stage too. But what a great way to prep glass so that you can paint it. Brilliant idea!
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